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LEGO Female Minifigure Heads: An Analysis

by Emelyn Chiang LEGO was originally a boys’ toy, and this basis is still reflected in their products. The LEGO Group has attempted to reach...
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Return of the Ducks!

Photo by Shelly Corbett WBI will be hosting a room at virtual Brickworld on December 12, 2020. We hope to see you there! During one...
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Introduction of the new Member Profiles!

The Women’s Brick Initiative is excited to introduce a new way to learn more about our community members. We love how supportive the WBI community...
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Come join us for our first social hour!

WBI hosted a social during virtual BrickCon recently. We had a great time! But we figured we don’t need a convention to have a virtual...
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Timeline of Female Minifigures

By Stephanie Taylor Editor’s note: Thanks to some terrific input from the AFOL community, it’s been brought to our attention that some of the data...
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Watch this space!

After an incredibly busy summer, our interns are back off to school (virtually). We’re now almost ready to start sharing everything that we’ve been working...
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Meet Our Interns!

Thanks to our partnership with Smith College, WBI is pleased to share that we have five interns this summer!  Have you ever wondered how many...
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The Duck Build!

Hanging out in a pond of ducks! At the Holiday Ornament building meet-up in December we decided that we wanted to have some kind of...
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Bricks Cascade Workshop

WBI attendees at Bricks Cascade 2020 by Will Nickelson Another Bricks Cascade Women’s Brick Initiative workshop is in the bag! 25+attendees explored micro building, adding...
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Gender Balance in LEGO City – an update

Periodically Richard Jones at The Rambling Brick takes an in-depth look at gender balance in LEGO City. We love his analysis so much we use...
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Lighting Workshop at Bricks Cascade

Bricks Cascade is right around the corner and we are super excited to be debuting this years workshop theme – Lighting. Last year we introduced...
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New Logo Design!

We’re super happy to show off our new, redesigned logos! These new logos, while similar to our earlier logo, differ slightly ago reflect our clarified...
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